Grammatik der Samojedischen Sprachen

Castrén, M. Alexander. Grammatik der Samojedischen Sprachen. Bloomington, The Hague: Indiana University, Mouton & Co., 1966. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 608 (1)pp. Original decorative yellow wrappers with black and red lettering on cover and spine. “The principle product of Castrén’s unique activity is the Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen which appeared originally in 1854 as volume 4 of the series NRF. This Grammatik is fundamental from the standpoint of later research. Castrén was the first to collect reliable material on the Samoyed (Nemets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup, Kamassian) languages, to clarify the place of theses languages in the Urali language family, to describe their dialects, and to write a Samoyed grammar of scientific value” (Péter Hajdú). Foreword in English, text in German. Wrappers foxed along edges, some foxing on front endpaper and fore edge of block. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g+. Softcover. (36013) $45